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...come whimsical variations hinting at everything from Stravinsky to Gershwin to Bach. When he comes to his solo part, Brubeck picks a random theme and toys with it, reflectively trying it first on the white keys, then on the black, allowing traces of Mozart or John Philip Sousa to creep in. Then his eyes close, his head weaves, and the music settles into a firm idea and starts prancing up the keyboard...
...Government must be constituted ... of such incorruptible character that subversion cannot creep in ... And if there be an erring man or woman, who having gotten into . . . Government, shows the signs of disloyalty, we have ample, just and American methods of getting rid of them. We have to destroy the reputation of no innocent man. We can do it and must do it promptly, but in the American...
Disagreeing with Slichter's optimistic outlook, Wassily W. Leontief, professor of Economics, says this inflation is serious because it affects income distribution, and sees no recession in the spiral. "I think it will creep and creep as long as our present military expenditures continue," he said. "We can stand it a very long time. An increase of five to ten percent is not disruptive to the day to day operation of the economy, but would be very disrupting to the social structure...
...Compounds containing an amino (NH2) group and a carboxyl (COOH) group. †An analytical method which separates and identifies similar substances by the rate at which they creep through treated filter paper...
...these experiments. They are spun in a smaller centrifuge until everything movable inside their bodies has gone well away from normal position. The rat is then dead, but unfortunately for researchers, his organs do not stay in their distorted position when the G-force is relaxed. The organs creep back toward their proper places, depriving the G-doctors of valuable information...